Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781467711548)

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose--even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the Zone are not quite what you'd expect. Every single one of them is radioactive.

In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation? Or is the radioactive environment harming them in ways we can't see or that will only show up in future generations? Learn more about the fascinating ongoing research--and the debates that surround the findings--in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
ISBN-10: 1467711543
ISBN-13: 9781467711548
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2014
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 168460 / Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 35
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 152
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015